04/02/2024
This is not ok! This is never ok!
This wee soul found herself on the streets flea ridden, bones, anaemic, dehydrated and disparate.
Luckily, she was found by a good samaritan (not enough of these in the world) and taken to the nearest vet which was Melbourne Animal Specialist Hospital.
We then received a desperate call from a vet nurse trying to find her a rescue or she would be sent to the pound. In her condition, the likelihood would have been that she would have lost her life on humane grounds.
Like all rescues, shelters and pounds we are under the pump, fighting with every tooth and nail to save who we can, when we can. Our fight made extremely harder due to a feline vaccination shortage that we have been dealing with for months. FurKids is drowning in debt, have cats and kittens stacked to the rafters, sick, healthy, waiting for surgery and yet โฆ. we said, yes to this one. How can one say, โNoโ. This is what we do ๐ฅฐ
Little girl was checked over and received a number of medical treatments at the vet and determined with the right medical treatment and care we had a shot of saving her life ๐. Thank
you Melbourne Animal Specialist Hospital for the care you provided and vet nurse Van for going over and beyond to give this girl (our girl) a fighting chance ๐ Van has the honour of choosing her name.
Once in our care, she received a much needed bath. To the shock of her foster carer and most of us, the colour of her water turned out to be a thick blood red. This is because of how many fleas she was covered in. They have most likely been sucking her blood since birth which has contributed to her poor medical health. They were jumping off her from all angles, running across her face and eyes in the 100s as our foster carer worked with love and compassion to get rid of these fleas once and for all.
With so many fleas comes anaemia (at risk low red blood cell count and low sugar levels). This is why her gums are so pale. You will normally see pale gums as white as these when an animal is so sick and coming to their end of life.
Once bathed, dried and wrapped in a fresh towel from the dryer, it was time for food. And did she eat ๐ฅฃ. She ate a small portion of food but to her it would have been the best most complete meal of her life.
After that, some more treatment and a once over so we know exactly what we are dealing with. Plan set and time for baby to sleep.
Time for her to rest without those bugs crawling all over her or continusly biting her and time for her to fall asleep in the arms of someone who loves her with a full belly. ๐
If you would like to donate to little ones treatment, please use our details below. Together we can all support each other to make a difference.
Furkids Rescue
BSB: 083 064
Account: 138891061
Reference: fleas gone
